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M 2.3md
Earthquake near Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek in the 24 hours to 7:15 am PST (15:15 UTC). The last one was M 2.0, 5 km (3 mi) NW, at 9:02 pm PDT on 30 September 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek
This page: a magnitude 2.3 earthquake was recorded 9 km (6 mi) northwest of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA, at 11:23 am PDT on 15 September 2017 (18:23 UTC), 5.5 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 5 km NE of Mesa, California
- When
- 11:23 am PDT on 15 September 2017 ()
- Where
- 9 km (6 mi) northwest of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · earthquakes near Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek
- Magnitude
- M 2.3 (md)
- Depth
- 5.5 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Mono County, 62 km NNW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Fish Slough fault, 8 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3056 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 19 km (12 mi) from the epicentre. In Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, 9 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Likely felt in: Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek 9 km, intensity II · West Bishop 10 km, intensity II · Bishop 13 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 94 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 160,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 110,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 10× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.3 about 94 lb of TNT
Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.8 on 2016-02-16 — about 4,600 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 41 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.4 The 1986 Chalfant Valley, California Earthquake · 11 km NNE of this epicentre
- 6.2 9 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 28 km WNW of this epicentre
- 6.1 11 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California · 34 km WNW of this epicentre
- 6.1 8 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 30 km WNW of this epicentre
- 6.1 4 km NNW of Round Valley, California · 10 km W of this epicentre
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 37.4477, -118.4900. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mono County, CA | 62 km (39 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Mono County |
| Esmeralda County, NV | 84 km (52 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Esmeralda County |
| Madera County, CA | 114 km (71 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Madera County |
| Mineral County, NV | 119 km (74 mi) | N | earthquakes near Mineral County |
| Fresno County, CA | 128 km (80 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Fresno County |
| Inyo County, CA | 138 km (86 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Inyo County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
59 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.9 15 km SW of Aspen Springs, California
- 1.9 14 km SW of Aspen Springs, California
- 1.7 14 km SW of Aspen Springs, California
- 3.0 15 km SW of Aspen Springs, California
- 2.4 12 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California
- 1.7 13 km S of Mammoth Lakes, California
- 1.7 10 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California
- 1.8 3 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California
- 1.6 15 km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, California
- 1.7 6 km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, California
- 1.6 1 km SW of Round Valley, California
- 1.6 10 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California
- 1.5 11 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California
- 1.7 11 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California
- 1.8 11 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California
Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.
On USGS
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- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
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